Subclinical Vitamin Deficiency

Abstract
Thiamin content of skeletal muscle may serve as an index of thiamin nutrition. By use of Silverman''s needle arrangements, between 5 and 15 mg. of tissue can be obtained; least painful biopsies are made on the gluteus maximus. Thiamin content is detd. by the fermentation method of Schultz, Atkin and Frey.

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